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WordPress Importer
Figures from the Plugin Directory Census · as of 28 Aug 2026
2M
Active installs, lower bound
Group: 1,000,000+ installs
1
Day since the last release
Group median: 8
3.1
out of 5, from 327 ratings
Group median: 4.7 (10+ ratings)
0.0%
Support threads marked resolved, two months
Group: 71.9%
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What is WordPress Importer and who is behind it?
WordPress Importer is a WordPress plugin in the “Admin and backup” field, made by WordPress.org. It has been listed in the directory since 20 May 2010, so for 16 years. WordPress.org has 15 plugins with at least 10,000 installs in the census. With 2,000,000 to 2,999,999 active installs it belongs to the 1,000,000+ installs group; its last release came 1 day before the reference date, and it is tested up to WordPress 6.8.
This is how the author describes the plugin on wordpress.org:
“Import posts, pages, comments, custom fields, categories, tags and more from a WordPress export file.”
Self-description on wordpress.org, retrieved on 10 Sept 2026
When was WordPress Importer last released?
The last release of WordPress Importer came 1 day before the reference date; the group median is 8 days.
How many installs does WordPress Importer have?
WordPress Importer had 2,000,000 to 2,999,999 active installs on the reference date. Within its group, 20 plugins had a higher band and 7 plugins the same band.
The API reports installs only as a lower bound with one significant figure: 2,000,000 means at least 2,000,000 and at most 2,999,999.
Which WordPress version is WordPress Importer tested with?
On the reference date the plugin page on wordpress.org showed the notice “This plugin hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress”, because the “tested up to” field was below 6.9 (6.8). The notice describes only that field; it does not say whether the plugin runs on newer versions. 3.0% of the group carried it.
How does WordPress Importer compare with its group?
The group holds 67 listed plugins. 4.5% of them had a more recent last release than WordPress Importer; 1.5% had no release for more than 365 days.
| Figure | WordPress Importer | Group, 67 plugins |
|---|---|---|
| Days since the last release | 1 | median 8 |
| Rating | 3.1 (327) | median 4.7 (10+ ratings) |
| Support threads marked resolved | 0.0% | 71.9% |
| Tested up to | 6.8 | 65.7% on 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | most often 7.4 (49.3%) |
All values on the reference date
| Slug | wordpress-importer |
|---|---|
| Author | WordPress.org |
| Active installs | 2,000,000 to 2,999,999 |
| Last release | 1 day before the reference date |
| Tested up to | WordPress 6.8 · core on the reference date: 7.1 |
| Requires WordPress | 5.2 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 |
| Rating | 3.1 out of 5 from 327 ratings |
| Support threads, two months | 0 of 1 marked resolved |
| Listed since | 20 May 2010 |
| Total downloads | 70,644,246, updates included |
| Tags | importer |
Tags
| Tag | Plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag | Rank by installs | Median days since release |
|---|---|---|---|
| importer | 8 | 1 | 115 |
Rank 1 has the highest installation band among plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag; equal bands share a rank.
Class of 2010
WordPress Importer has been listed since 20 May 2010. Of the 77 plugins with 10,000+ installs added in 2010, 80.5% released within the 365 days before the reference date.
Same group, shared tags
Not a recommendation; the same figures for comparison. Alphabetical.
| Plugin | Active installs | Last release | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blogger Importer | 50,000 to 59,999 | 676 days before the reference date | 3.1 (57) |
| Categories to Tags Converter | 50,000 to 59,999 | 676 days before the reference date | 4.3 (16) |
| Really Simple CSV Importer | 40,000 to 49,999 | 43 days before the reference date | 4.9 (107) |
| Starter Templates & Sites Pack by ThemeGrill | 70,000 to 79,999 | 7 days before the reference date | 4.7 (197) |
| Widget Importer & Exporter | 200,000 to 299,999 | 96 days before the reference date | 4.7 (117) |
Do you maintain WordPress Importer?
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hafenstudios (2026): WordPress Importer, profile in the Plugin Directory Census 01/2026, reference date 28 Aug 2026. https://hafenstudios.com/en/census/plugins/wordpress-importer/
Source and status
All values come from the full pull of the public wordpress.org API on 28 Aug 2026 (reference time 21:56:30 UTC). The analysis and text on this page are available under CC BY 4.0; the raw values come from the public wordpress.org API and are in the raw data. How the count was made is set out in the method, what the fields do not say under limits. hafenstudios builds WordPress plugins itself, see the conflict of interest. Corrections to moin@hafenstudios.com; a documented correction leads to a new version. From issue 02 this page will also show the change since the previous reference date. Collected and prepared by Horst Wenzel.
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